[Workshop-nov2011] hotel questions, status

[Haydn Solomon]

Karsten,

Sorry about the confusion. I misread your original email and never
took the time to re-read it. My apologies.

Haydn

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Karsten Wade <kwade at redhat.com> wrote:
> Haydn:
>
> Not sure what the confusion is, but the Crowne Plaza is not an hour commute. It is about five+ minutes by car or fifteen+ minutes by light rail between the Crowne Plaza and Cisco Building O.
>
> Check again - the Crowne Plaza is 777 Bellew Drive & Bulding O is 10 Tasman Dr. at the corner of First. I just drove it all on Friday, it was quick although not rush hour. ;)
>
> The Marriott is about three times farther by car only, the Hilton is about twice as far by car & almost the same by light rail. (Less walking, I think.)
>
> - Karsten
> (Sorry about the top-post.)
>
> Haydn Solomon <haydn.solomon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Karsten,
>
> I've got a question regarding hotel options. I signed up under the
> group rate for Crowne Plaza however I find that one hour travel is a
> lot of communte each way. I will keep my hotel booking if it's my best
> option. After rereading your email I saw you mentioned the Hilton on
> Great American Parkway and that we might be able to use the cisco
> rate.  Is that still an option? And any idea how much of a communte it
> is from that hotel?
>
> Thanks
>
> Haydn
>
> On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Karsten Wade <kwade at redhat.com> wrote:
>> Summary:
>>
>> We've got an offer for a reasonable rate for a group, which includes
>> guaranteed rooms, of $140/night at the Crowne Plaza[1]. For that rate,
>> they want us to guarantee to book at least 80% of the block we
>> reserve.
>>
>> You may still need to send me travel details, see below.
>>
>> Full details:
>>
>> Until Red Hat signs that contract, I won't have a code to book
>> under. For me to recommend that we sign that contract, I need to know
>> exactly who is going to be using the group rate so we only reserve
>> what we need.
>>
>> I've been gathering details from all of you about when you need hotel
>> rooms. For those who haven't sent me all these details (directly),
>> please do so immediately:
>>
>> * What nights do you need a hotel room?
>> * Will you agree to book under our group at the Crowne Plaza?
>>
>> I know some of you may have individual traveller rates you'd rather
>> book under, either at that or a different hotel, so I just need to
>> know if you want to book under our rate or not. The main advantage is
>> that the rooms are guaranteed held for us. (I did a test booking, for
>> example, and couldn't get all the nights I wanted, probably because
>> they have the block of rooms already held for us!)
>>
>> For overflow, we've got the Hilton on Great America Pkwy. It's a few
>> miles away from Cisco by light rail. They also have a Cisco individual
>> traveller rate we might be able to use
>>
>> - Karsten
>>
>> [1] http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/crowneplaza/hotels/us/en/milpitas/sfomp/hoteldetail
>>
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